Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/09/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]In a message dated 9/9/99 5:59:41 PM Eastern Daylight Time, salex@idt.net writes: << Billingham, Domke, etc. should listen up and make a bag that is sturdy and functional inside, but has a ragged, non-descript very used cheap look on the exterior. . .maybe even a "warning: do not use for photographic stuff" label sewn (badly)on the outside. Perhaps even a "black tape" covering! I actually knew someone who bought a Billingham "Leica" bag (an Alice, I think) and trashed it. . .really did a number on it, repeated washings, abrasions, paint stains and all. . . ..! >> The ugly-bag ruse bombs the second you take those pristine Leicas out into view, so first you need to hook your Leicas to your back bumper by their neckstraps and drive around the block a few times. (Be sure to do this while they're still under Passport.) DT